Walk down to the village on the road or via Crookwath and Lucy's Barn 

Take the path opposite the pub and after the stream you have two options

Firstly, go left up directly via Airy Crag to the left and onto Gowbarrow 

Alternatively, follow the path down past Aira Force, keeping left and meet the path going up to a memorial seat at Yew Crag and onto Gowbarrow after a couple of miles up a gentle slope (assessed as such as I can still run it and we got an 83 yearold up it last year...)